The haywain by John Constable

MY DESCRIPTION OF "THE HAYWAIN" BY JOHN CONSTABLE:
“The Haywain” by John Constable represents a rural scene set in the English countryside. This is a typical Romantic scene: there’s a tree in the centre; the supremacy of nature above the man; the human building is not in the centre and it doesn’t dominate scene. The river is meandering, is not straight. The foreground of the picture is taken up by the haywain at the centre(apparently crossing the quiet stream), the cottage on the left and the big trees behind it. The background and the upper part of the picture are occupied by grassy fields, trees and the sky with grey clouds. Two men, probably peasants, are in the haywain. The small human figures represents belief of Constable about the superiority of nature(they couldn’t be expressed through traditional neoclassical forms). The picture represents the peace of natural rhythms. Life is not only nightmare, but also sweet, peaceful. Constable believed in the language of the heart, and to him “painting” meant “feeling”.

Fonte: Pavi92 https://myenglish.blogfree.net/